Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Wesley Hunt
- Office
- U.S. representative for Texas’s 38th district
- Party
- Republican
- Hometown
- Houston, TX
- Born
- 1981
- In Congress
- House since 2023 · 3 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- HUNT, WESLEY
- Next election
- General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Texas
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID S6TX00511 · Principal campaign committee: HUNT FOR SENATE
2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$1,452,679.2667%
- PACs and other committees$166,500.008%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$439,168.2820%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$96,120.394%
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,158,348.5753%
- Contributions over $200$1,034,847.8847%
- Itemized from inside Texas$804,170.2856%
- Itemized from other states$635,971.1544%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $141,082.05 · California $96,790.91 · New York $35,416.06 · Missouri $27,318.37 · Virginia $22,834.35. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.
FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.
Raised and spent over time
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
Voting record, 119th Congress
Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.
Latest roll-call votes
| Date | Question | Result | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403 Retire through Ownership Act | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 16, 2026 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497 Water Resources Development Act | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 16, 2026 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340 Ratepayer Protection Act | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 16, 2026 | On Passage · HJRES 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 16, 2026 | On Passage · HR 10326 PROOF Act | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 16, 2026 | On Passage · HR 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 16, 2026 | On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 15, 2026 | On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93 Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran | Passed | Nay |
| Sep 15, 2026 | On Passage · HJRES 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 15, 2026 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500 Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act | Passed | Yea |
Latest bills and resolutions sponsored
- H.R. 9219 National Defense Infrastructure Protection Act of 2026
Introduced Jun 9, 2026 · Latest action Jun 9, 2026: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in… - H.R. 7431 Congressional Civics Act of 2026
Introduced Feb 9, 2026 · Latest action Feb 9, 2026: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in e… - H.J.Res. 146 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring Members of Congress to demonstrate competence in American civics.
Introduced Jan 30, 2026 · Latest action Jan 30, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. - H.R. 7105 Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion Act of 2026
Introduced Jan 15, 2026 · Latest action Jan 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. - H.R. 6946 Temporary Protected Status Reform Act of 2026.
Introduced Jan 6, 2026 · Latest action Jan 6, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. - H.R. 6865 American Dream Protection Act of 2025
Introduced Dec 18, 2025 · Latest action Dec 18, 2025: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period t… - H.R. 6525 National Educator Safety and Accountability Act of 2025
Introduced Dec 9, 2025 · Latest action Dec 9, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Sp… - H.R. 6443 Afghan SIV Termination and Security Review Act of 2025
Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · Latest action Dec 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. - H.R. 6194 Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act of 2025
Introduced Nov 20, 2025 · Latest action Mar 26, 2026: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. - H.R. 6035 Second Amendment Restoration Act of 2025
Introduced Nov 12, 2025 · Latest action Nov 12, 2025: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Sp…
Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources
- Energy and Mineral Resources
- Federal Lands
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
- The Constitution and Limited Government
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
4 committees reported giving $4,500.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- TRIDENT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LEADERSHIP AND LOYALTY ONLY TO AMERICA PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ELBERT GUILLORY'S AMERICAHybrid PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Wesley Hunt$934,026.85
- Independent expenditures opposing Wesley Hunt$13,036,415.03
FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- TEXANS FOR A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITYOpposing$5,144,209.00
- CONSERVATIVE TEXANS PACOpposing$4,841,270.00
- LONE STAR LIBERTY PACOpposing$3,050,929.00
- FIGHTING FOR TEXASSupporting$930,000.00
- REPUBLICAN VOTERS OF TEXAS PACSupporting$4,023.00
The race
Texas U.S. Senate, 2026 · 39 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Hunt (R) | $2,154,467.93 | $4,410.92 | 2026-09-30 |
| James Talarico (D) | $128,772,835.42 | $14,594,231.85 | 2026-09-30 |
| Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. (R) | $19,497,809.76 | $4,925,105.47 | 2026-09-30 |
| Jasmine Crockett (D) | $11,096,965.96 | $0.00 | 2026-08-13 |
| John Sen Cornyn (R) | $8,608,609.91 | $496,092.37 | 2026-10-14 |
| Colin Allred (D) | $7,630,708.50 | $401.95 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terry Virts (D) | $666,753.76 | $55,965.14 | 2026-09-30 |
| Keith Allen (R) | $156,626.79 | $0.00 | 2026-03-31 |
| Theodore E. Brown Jr. (L) | $14,257.28 | $1,288.35 | 2026-10-14 |
| Daniel M Sims (L) | $11,665.57 | $200.00 | 2026-05-19 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
Polling average: Ken Paxton 46.6% · James Talarico 48.9% (Talarico +2.3%). Averages listed on Wikipedia from 270toWin, Decision Desk HQ, FiftyPlusOne, RealClearPolitics, The Texas Tribune, Silver Bulletin.
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ActiVote | October 17–21, 2026 | 400 (LV) | ±4.9% | Ken Paxton 49% · James Talarico 51% |
| Emerson College | October 17–19, 2026 | 1,000 (LV) | ±3.0% | Ken Paxton 48% · James Talarico 49% · Ted Brown 3% |
| 46% | 48% | 1% | Ken Paxton 5% | |
| Beacon Research (D)/ Shaw & Co. Research (R) | October 15–19, 2026 | 1,398 (LV) | ±2.5% | Ken Paxton 49% · James Talarico 49% |
| 2,011 (RV) | ±2.0% | 46% | 52% | Ted Brown 2% |
| CBS News/YouGov | October 8–16, 2026 | 1,492 (LV) | ±3.5% | Ken Paxton 49% · James Talarico 51% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election in Texas (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: HUNT FOR SENATE.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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